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The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment is a position in the Scottish Government cabinet responsible for the Environment and Rural Affairs department. The Cabinet Secretary responsibilities include agriculture, fisheries, environment as well as land reform and sustainable development. The current Cabinet Secretary is Richard Lochhead who is assisted by the Minister for Environment, Stewart Stevenson.
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History
The position was created in 1999 as the Minister for Rural Affairs it was renamed as the Minister for Rural Development in 2000 and again in 2001 as the Minister for the Environment and Rural Development, the current position of Cabinet Secretary was created following the 2007 election.
List of office holders
Minister for Rural Affairs
Name Entered Office Left Office Party 1. Ross Finnie 19 May 1999 26 October 2000 Liberal Democrats Minister for Rural Development
Ross Finnie 26 October 2000 22 November 2001 Liberal Democrats Minister for the Environment and Rural Development
Ross Finnie 22 November 2001 16 May 2007 Liberal Democrats Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment
2. Richard Lochhead 16 May 2007 Incumbent Scottish National Party See also
Alex Salmond (First Minister) · Nicola Sturgeon (Deputy First Minister and Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy) · John Swinney (Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth) ·
Michael Russell (Education and Lifelong Learning) · Bruce Crawford (Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy) · Kenny MacAskill (Justice) ·
Richard Lochhead (Rural Affairs and the Environment) · Fiona Hyslop (Culture and External Affairs) · Alex Neil (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)Categories:- Ministers of the Scottish Government
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- Agriculture ministers
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